The Negro and Southern Politics: A Chapter of Florida History

In this brief bibliography are listed those works that proved the most
helpful to the author. For a general understanding of the position
of the Negro in the South the following three books are especially
recommended: Woodward Origins of the New South, Key's Southern Politics, and Myrdal An American Dilemma.

The scarcity of published accounts of Negro political activity in the
South since the end of the white primary makes reliance on various
primary sources not just a duty but a necessity. Much of the most
useful material bearing on Florida--e.g. local Negro weekly newspapers, Negro voting league endorsement cards, and candidates'
campaign literature--is of a fugitive sort and must be collected
locally soon after an election. For following the general course of
past state campaigns the daily newspaper accounts in the Florida
Times-Union ( Jacksonville) and the Tampa Tribune proved particularly helpful. The recent political repercussions of the 1954 desegregation decision are summarized monthly in the Southern School
News.

Figures on state and county registration of whites and "nonwhites"
(over 99 per cent are Negro) in Florida are contained in the Biennial
Report of the Secretary of State. Precinct figures can be obtained from
county supervisors of registration. State and county election returns
are published in pamphlet form by the Secretary of State shortly after
each primary and general election. Precinct election returns, like registration figures, must be obtained from the local supervisors of registration or from newspaper accounts (which frequently do not include
absentee ballots).

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Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.comPublication information:
Book title: The Negro and Southern Politics:A Chapter of Florida History.
Contributors: H. D. Price - Author.
Publisher: New York University Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1957.
Page number: 125.

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